Igor Genua

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Igor Genua
Date of birth (1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 35)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Hernani CRE ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–2015 Spain 5 (12)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
Spain 7s

Igor Genua (born 5 June 1988) is a Spanish rugby union player. He was named in Spain's national rugby sevens team for the 2016 Summer Olympics; [1] [2] and was also in the squad that played at the 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Monaco. [3]

Genua made his debut for Spain in 2013 against Chile. Perdió el lóbulo izquierdo por un mordisco de Matías Tudela.

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References

  1. "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". Sky Sports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  2. "GENUA Igor". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
  3. "Spain keep faith with repechage heroes for Rio". World Rugby.org. 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-04.